Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1956

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,490
2	Mary	1,286
3	Linda	1,121
4	Patricia	1,082
5	Debra	954
6	Sharon	920
7	Karen	864
8	Susan	809
9	Brenda	766
10	Barbara	748
11	Donna	730
12	Cynthia	716
13	Pamela	593
14	Sandra	568
15	Teresa	515
16	Kathy	513
17	Nancy	492
18	Carolyn	467
19	Joyce	417
20	Elizabeth	383
21	Janet	381
22	Wanda	378
23	Diane	359
24	Carol	351
25	Cheryl	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	347
27	Robin	341
28	Margaret	328
29	Shirley	318
30	Cathy	301
31	Judy	300
32	Rebecca	289
33	Catherine	284
33	Janice	284
35	Connie	255
36	Sheila	253
37	Martha	247
38	Gloria	245
39	Debbie	239
40	Virginia	233
41	Bonnie	230
42	Sherry	226
43	Katherine	223
44	Theresa	222
45	Beverly	218
46	Phyllis	213
47	Peggy	208
48	Vickie	207
49	Darlene	203
50	Denise	200
51	Rhonda	198
52	Dorothy	195
53	Kathleen	185
54	Frances	182
55	Jacqueline	167
55	Laura	167
57	Anita	166
58	Jo	163
59	Angela	162
60	Doris	161
61	Rita	160
62	Lisa	158
63	Gail	157
63	Ruth	157
65	Ann	155
66	Judith	154
67	Terry	150
68	Sarah	148
69	Jane	145
70	Kathryn	144
71	Anne	142
71	Joan	142
73	Helen	139
73	Paula	139
75	Jean	137
75	Valerie	137
77	Cindy	133
78	Alice	132
78	Ellen	132
80	Vicki	130
81	Evelyn	128
81	Marilyn	128
83	Kim	127
84	Rose	125
85	Vanessa	122
86	Christine	120
86	Diana	120
88	Regina	118
89	Victoria	116
90	Gwendolyn	106
90	Patsy	106
92	Charlotte	105
93	Sylvia	103
94	Jennifer	101
95	Annette	99
95	Tina	99
97	Shelia	98
98	Vivian	94
99	Audrey	93
100	Julia	92